News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Frank W. Coon, 51, of Chico, guilty today of one count of receipt of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The trial was held before United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a long-running, cross-country teen sex trafficking operation and ordering a witness against him to be killed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Steven J. Porges, 52, of Park City, Utah pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of wire fraud and income tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RONY GAVARRETTE, age 23, a native of Honduras, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Alexander Snow, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Justin Stegall, 30, of Benton, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for being in possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle. United States District Court Judge Billy Roy Wilson, who presided over a two-day trial of Stegall, announced the sentence on Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON - A Lexington man faces a minimum of 20 years in prison after he was convicted by a federal jury of distributing heroin and fentanyl which resulted in the death of an individual.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: The 3 bills that are the subject of today’s hearing would institute a “notice and cure" requirement under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Specifically, these measures would prohibit a lawsuit from being commenced unless the plaintiff first gave the business owner “specific" notice of an alleged violation and an opportunity to fix or make “substantial" progress toward remedying such violation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Paul Keener, a/k/a Aaron Silverman, a/k/a Paul Robison, a/k/a Scott Walker, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a mandatory penalty of two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing UMB Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of firearms, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Late Wednesday afternoon, two hikers located a human body in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alvin Torres, Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative , Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime Terrorism, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that United States District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Tammy J. Mc Kenney, 50, of Portland, Maine to 2 years of probation and $26,646.60 worth of restitution for Theft of Public Money.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Energy Department convened a summit on Improving the Economics of America’s Nuclear Power Plants. Secretary Moniz, Members of Congress, stakeholders, and experts discussed potential solutions to address the unique challenges facing the nuclear industry in the United States, including early plant retirements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint and arrests of Kimberly Carnell White, Jr. (27, Orlando) and James Romando Harris, II (28, Orlando) for possession of firearms by convicted felons. If convicted, each faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today Jonathan Conklin, 45, who was convicted of carjacking, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The sentence will be served consecutive to a 25 years to life sentence Conklin received in Chautauqua County Court for murder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, yesterday, returned a guilty verdict against Andrew Carr, 59, of Upper Darby, PA, on the charge of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carr served as the “muscle" and collector of drug debts in a methamphetamine trafficking business which sold...
